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foliis culmo multo brevioribus membranaceis anguste lineari- 
bus laevibus; umbella subsimpliei quinqueradiata, quam invo- 
lucrum monophyllum breviore; radiis valde inaequalibus, usque 
ad pollicem longis, longioribus subramosis; spiculis ternis 
quinisve fasciculato- aggregatis oblongis (11/, — 2 lin. long., 
3, lin. lat.) obtusiusculis satis compressis 14 - floris; squamis 
apiee patulis ovato-elliptieis breviter acuminatis, acumine 
recurvato - patulo, obscure trinerviis, viridulis, margine albi- 
dis; caryopsi (immatura) minuta lato-obovata apice obtusis- 
sima compresso -triangulari albida; stylo tenuissimo et bre- 
vissimo usque fere ad medium trifido. — (Suppetit specimen 
unicum). 
C. flaccidus R. Br. |. e. 69. — €. macellus Kunth, 30. 
Nova Holland. (Gaudichaud.) 
79. €. trinervis R. Br. 
Viridis; multieulmis; radice fibrosa; culmis erectis 6 — 
9-uncialibus tenuibus triangulis suleatis striatisve basi pluri- 
foliatis; folis basilaribus culmo brevioribus v. parum longio- 
ribus subrigidis angustis, vix lineam latis, carinato - planis, 
marginibus spinuloso-scabris; floralibus 4 erectis umbella 
simpliei subsexradiata duplo longioribus; umbellae radiis 
erecto - patulis 1!/; — !/, poll. lg., intermedio subsessili, seta- 
ceis apice 4—8-stachyis; spieulis patulis, inferioribus diver- 
sentibus, linearibus obtusiusculis 3 lin. long., 1 lin. lat., 15 
— 20-floris; squamis (fructiferis) remotiusenlis subliberis 
ovatis obtusiuseulis vix conspicue mucronulatis, lateribus uni- 
striatis suleatisve sordide stramineis, dorso vix viridulis, 
superne aeuto-carinatis; rhacheola flexuosa leviter compressa; 
caryopsi minutissima squama !/, breviore elliptica mucronata 
obtuse triangulari sranulata atrocastanea nitida; stylo per- 
brevi; filam. 3. 
